This is an analysis of the poem The Effects Of Racism that begins with:

I was once invited to participate,
In a seminar....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefcbg hfXifX bjkbik jeaXafgfi ffXXid dihaX ffa ccXfXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,6,9,6,5,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101000101 00101 0010010110 010101001011010 01100 100100111 111 111000101001 1001010 101010 111010100 00111010110 10010010 11010100010 00110000 11101001001 101010 11010010 11011011011 01 1001101110100 11110101 111100100 10110101 011 1111000011 101110011010 0110100101011 1011001 110100 1 101110010000 101010101011 100111110110 00101011010010 01001011110001 11110010 1110011101 110 101001110100 101101000111000 111110 10010011110 111001100 1111111100 111010101000010 00101011100 100011100100 11 1100101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Effects Of Racism;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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